CZAPLA v. STATE

No. 1D05-3090.

957 So.2d 676 (2007)

Christopher Anthony CZAPLA, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Tracy Lee Cooper, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Christopher Anthony Czapla appeals his conviction for felony child abuse of his son. Because, as a matter of law, the conduct of Czapla was not reasonable corporal punishment by a parent, we affirm the conviction.

Czapla was charged following an incident with his teenage son. According to the son's testimony, he slept late one weekend morning, a day on which he had agreed to rake a neighbor's yard. Czapla awoke the son, but the son explained it...

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